Hirtomurex

Hirtomurex
Three views of a shell of Hirtomurex teramachii, with the operculum in place
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Coralliophilinae
Genus: Hirtomurex
Coen, 1922
Type species
Fusus lamellosus Philippi, 1836
Synonyms
  • Coralliophila (Hirtomurex) Coen, 1922
  • Pseudomurex (Hirtomurex) Coen, 1922 (original rank)

Hirtomurex is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Coralliophilinae, the coral snails, within the family Muricidae, the murex snails and rock snails.

Species

Species within the genus Hirtomurex include:

References

  1. ↑ Coen (1922). Atti Soc. ital. Sci. nat., Milano 61(1): 69.
  2. 1 2 Hirtomurex Coen, 1922. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 10 July 2011.
  3. ↑ Hirtomurex marshalli Oliverio, 2008. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  4. ↑ Hirtomurex tangaroa Marshall & Oliverio, 2009. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  5. ↑ Hirtomurex taranui Marshall & Oliverio, 2009. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.